Day 164

In this age of distraction, what's been decreasing is not only the pleasures of reading physical books, but also the pleasures of praying.

I admit I couldn't stand hours of prayer meeting, not because I don't like to pray but because I could be ill at ease putting my thoughts into words and uttering them out loud. Words sometimes jumble in my head and I usually end up using the same phrases over and over again. Think about it, it's quite awkward to let others hear what you only want God to hear, right?

I also realised that not only am I uncomfortable praying in public, I also don't always enjoy praying by myself. There's always distraction and hesitation. It's one of the things I tend to put off. Last night, after deciding to actually do 1 Timothy 2:1-2, I surprisingly found the best form of prayer that works for me; I called it: pray-writing.

First of all, I listed all the names of people that God put into my heart recently to pray for (from the closest ones to anyone else that crossed my mind). Then, I began writing my prayer with my own words next to the names. As I was writing, I opened the Epistles in the Bible and prayed God would point the right verses for each person to include in my pray-writing. The verses on the above picture were the ones I found last night during my pray-writing. I suggest to write the text verses, instead of just the name of the verses, because by writing them down, we can sense the Spirit is making prayer out of our writing. ((thankfully, He could read my hideous handwriting—ha-ha)) #WritingInTongues

When I prayed this way, suddenly praying became less tedious. I didn't even keep track of time. It was energising and unfaltering. I hope pray-writing will become my habit.